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cradle-robber

cradle-robber is the alternative spelling of cradle robber.

Meaning of cradle robber

Noun

cradle robber (plural cradle robbers)

  1. (derogatory, idiomatic) A person who marries or becomes romantically involved with someone who is much younger, or who employs or otherwise engages a young person for a purpose inappropriate for his or her age.
    • "And no mother," he shouted, "can call ME a ‘fortune-hunter’ and a ‘cradle-robber’ and think I'll make good by marrying her daughter!"1914, Richard Harding Davis, The Man Who Could Not Lose
    Synonyms:
    cradle snatcher

Forms of cradle-robber

pluralcradle-robbers

Questions about cradle-robber

What is cradle-robber the alternative spelling of?
Cradle-robber is the alternative spelling of cradle robber.

Words near cradle-robber in the dictionary

  1. cradle snatchers
  2. cradle song
  3. cradle songs
  4. cradle walk
  5. cradle walks
  6. cradle-robber
  7. cradle-robbers
  8. cradle-snatch
  9. cradle-snatched
  10. cradle-snatches
  11. cradle-snatching

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